Card game apparatus



"2- 13, 1970 J. D. BRESLOW CARD GAME APPARATUS Filed Aug. 31, 1967 I NVENTOR JEFFQEV 0. 55$LOW by (iv-e04 K W ATTORNEYS United States Patent Office 3,524,645 CARD GAME APPARATUS Jeffrey D. Breslow, Evanston, Ill., assignor to Marvin Glass & Associates, Chicago, Ill., a partnership Filed Aug. 31, 1967, Ser. N 0. 664,740 Int. Cl. A63f 1/00, 1/10 US. 'Cl. 273-1 2 Claims ABSTRACT THE DISCLOSURE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Card guessing games, in various forms, have'longbeen known. The particular apparatus here involved, including the card holders supported on the heads of the players and the trays for receiving cards from the card holders are believed to provide a novel apparatus for a card guessing game. 5

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Game apparatus comprising a plurality of card holders, each such holder being, adapted to display cards and to be supported on the head of a player, so that"the" cards in a holder are not visible to the player wearing 'the holder but are visible to the {other players, trays for receiving cards removed from the holders and including removable illustrated boards, and ;a plurality of cards with markings corresponding to the markings on the display boards.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of game apparatus, including card holders with straps for supporting the holder on the head of the player, the trays with vertical display boards, and the playing cards;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the trays and removable vertical display boards; and

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a card holder and a card.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The game apparatus consists of a number of card holders 10, one being provided for each player. .Each holder comprises a floor 12, side walls 14 and 16, a front wall 18 and a rear wall 20. The card holder is of such size that it may be conveniently supported on theforehead of a player as shown in FIG. 1. The side and front walls of each card holder are of such height that cards placed in the holder will project above these walls so that the markings on at least the upper half of the cards will be clearly visible. Ears 22 extend horizontally from the top of side walls 14 and 16 and contain eyelets 24 through which each end of a flexible strap 26-may be fastened. The strap is preferably a resilient band and/or of such length that it may be fitted around the head of a player, so as to support the card holder on the players forehead. The strap may be made of any suit- 3,524,645 Patented Aug. 18, 1970 able material, but it is preferably elasticized so that it will automatically fit a players head.

A series or deck of cards 28 is provided, preferably arranged in sets with the cards of each set being similarly marked. The cards are of such size that they may be fitted in the holder 10 with at least half the card extending above the side and front of the holder so that the top half ofathe card is visible. In the form of the invention shown'jin the drawing, the cards of the various sets are marked with a different animal, e.g. a duck, a pig, a horse, a cow, a rooster, etc. so as to provide a plurality of each animal figure.

A number of 'trays 30 for holding cards horizontally are provided. These trays have a base 32 and side walls 34 and 36. The trays are of such size that a number of cards may be placed and held thereon in horizontal position, the cards being stacked one above the other.

A series of illustrated display boards 38 are provided; these boards being adapted to be supported by and to extend vertically from the tray 30. Legs 40 and 42 extend downwardly from the body section of each board and are adapted 'fto fit between support lugs 4444 and 46-46 which extend inwardly from side walls 34 and 36 of tray 30. When legs 42- 42 are placed between the support walls, gdisplay board 38 is supported and held in position vertically above tray 30. (See FIGS. 1 and 2.)

The same number of boards 38 are provided as there are sets of cards 28. The body sections of the boards contain markings corresponding to the markings on each of the sets of cards, so that the cards and boards may be paired. t

In the play of the game, the cards are dealt face down.

'Without looking at cards, each player places them in his holder, which has been placed on his forehead, so that his cards cannot be seen by him but are visible to the other players. The trays 32 are positioned in front of the player on the table or other playing surface. In turn, each player guesses the identity of the animal on the front card in his holder by imitating the noise made by the animal and/or pointing to one of the illustrated boards 38. If the player guesses incorrectly he loses his turn, makes no score, and the play then goes to the next player on his left. If the player is successful in guessing the identity of the front card in his holder, he removes the card and places it in the associated tray. These display boards show all of the players the cards drawn, and thus help the players in guessing the identity of the cards remaining in the holders.

The first player to withdraw all of his cards from his holder wins the game. Points can be assigned for each withdrawn card and a score kept accordingly. It will be apparent that an interesting, amusing and novel game is provided which will bring pleasure and instruction to small children.

Although shown and described with respect to particular structure, it will be apparent that various modifications might be made without departing from the principles of this invention. Further, it should be understood that the described play of a game with the use of the disclosed apparatus is only by way of example and may take any of numerous other forms.

What is claimed is:

1. Game apparatus comprising a plurality of illustrated cards, a plurality of card holders each including meaps for supporting said card holder on the head of a player, each of said card holders being adapted to hold a plurality of cards in stacked relation with the outermost card'exposed to view sufiiciently to identify the illustration on said outermost card, said cards comprising a plurality of differently illustrated sets of cards, the cards in each set being identically illustrated, and a plurality of card trays equal in number to the number of said sets of cards each adapted to hold the cards of one of said sets and bearing an illustration identical to that of one of said sets of cards, whereby a player correctly guessing the exposed card in the card holder on his head is entitled to play said card in the corresponding tray.

2. Game apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said card holders comprises a pouch-like member having a continuous flexible element secured to opposite sides thereof.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 149,358 4/1874 Tapley.

811,298 1/ 1906 Kingsbury. 1,065,613 6/1913 Jacobus 40124.1 XR 1,829,755 11/1931 Mungen 40-124.1

ANTON O. OECHSLE, Primary Examiner 0 P. E. SHAPIRO, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 

